Anthony Daly: Ballygunner mastering Munster wait but Na Piarsaigh will provide biggest of tests

Ballygunner will be marginal favourites against Na Piarsaigh but they’re coming up against a side with lethal inside forwards and incredible experience all over the field, both at club and inter-county level. 

ONTO THE NEXT ONE: Ballygunner players Pauric Mahony, left, and Tadhg Foley. Pic: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

In the aftermath of the Kilkenny county final recently, footage of one of Ballyhale’s scores did the rounds on Twitter. A brilliant point which came at the end of a sequence of 10 passes. 

It was such classic Ballyhale play that, when watching it, you felt the only team in the country which could construct and finish such a score were the team which beat Ballyhale in last year’s All-Ireland final.